(NEXSTAR) — Among the roughly 200 executive orders President Donald Trump is expected to sign during his first day in office is a declaration to restore the name of the 25th president, William McKinley, to an Alaska mountain.

Ahead of his inauguration on Monday, it was revealed that Trump would sign an order to rename Denali as Mount McKinley (and rename the Gulf of Mexico).

Why does renaming an Alaskan peak rise to the top of the list of Trump's first-day priorities?

It appears to be a nod to an admiration for President McKinley.

In 2015, President Barack Obama bestowed the Denali name on the continent's largest mountain in a move done to recognize "the sacred status of Denali to generations of Alaska Natives."

At the time, Trump criticized the decision, writing on Twitter (now known as X) "President Obama wants to change the name of Mt. McKinley to Denali after more than 100 years. Great insult to Ohio. I will change back!"

He then vowed to change it back to McKinley during his first term in........

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